Nayda Collazo-Llorens, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a visual artist engaged in an interdisciplinary practice incorporating multiple mediums and strategies. Through her practice, she examines the way in which we perceive and process information, dealing with concepts of navigation, memory, language, hyperconnectivity and noise. Recent solo shows include: Unmappings, LMAKgallery, New York, NY, 2018; Recorded instance plotted movement, Oolite Arts’ Walgreens Window Project Space, Miami Beach, FL 2018; RE_SIGHTINGS, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, 2016; and Debajo de la casa, El Cuadrado Gris, San Juan, PR, 2016. Her work was part of Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, a traveling exhibition curated by Tatiana Flores and organized by the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, 2017–19. Other projects have included ELF (Extremely Low Frequency), a video and portfolio of prints produced in collaboration with writer Ander Monson, and the multimedia performance ELF, featuring the video and live performance of ELFsong, an electroacoustic composition by composer Ashlee Busch for piano, violin and stereo playback. ELF has been performed at various venues, including the New Music Festival 2017 in Fairmont, West Virginia.  Some of her site-specific installations include: Stranger Land, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo, MI, 2014-16; Pleasure, Fear and the Pursuit of Happiness, Miami Beach Botanical Garden and Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, 2013; Revolú*tion, 3rd Poly/Graphic Triennial, San Juan, PR, 2012; Reverb, Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City, 2012; Reverberación, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Juan, PR, 2010;  and Unfolding the Triangle, a series of site-specific installations of which the first installment was exhibited at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009-10. Collazo-Llorens received an MFA from New York University and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She was a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellow in 2012, and a Visiting Fellow at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in 2014. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art Net, Art US, Art Nexus, Art News, Arte al Día International, BOMBlog, and Newcity, among others.  Her work is represented by LMAKgallery, New York.

Nayda Collazo-Llorens, nacida en San Juan, Puerto Rico, es una artista visual multidisciplinaria que trabaja e incorpora diversos medios y estrategias. Entre sus exhibiciones individuales se encuentran Unmappings, LMAKgallery, New York, NY, 2018; Recorded instance plotted movement, Oolite Arts’ Walgreens Window Project Space, Miami Beach, FL 2018;  RE_SIGHTINGS, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, 2016; y Debajo de la casa, El Cuadrado Gris, San Juan, PR, 2016.  Su obra fue parte de la exhibición itinerante Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago curada por Tatiana Flores y organizada por el Museum of Latin American Art en Long Beach, California como parte del proyecto del Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, 2017–19.  Otros proyectos incluyen el video y portafolio ELF (Extremely Low Frequency), producido en colaboración con el escritor Ander Monson; y el performance multimedia ELF, que combina el video con la presentación en vivo de ELFsong, una composición electroacústica para piano, violín y stereo playback de Ashlee Busch.  ELF fue presentada en el New Music Festival 2017 en Fairmont, West Virginia, entre otros. Algunas de sus instalaciones in-situ son: Stranger Land, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo, MI, 2014-16;  Pleasure, Fear and the Pursuit of Happiness, Miami Beach Botanical Garden y Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, 2013;  Revolú*tion, 3ra Trienal Poligráfica, San Juan, PR, 2012;  Reverb, Museo Universitario del Chopo en la Ciudad de Mexico, 2012;  Reverberación, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, PR, 2010;  y Unfolding the Triangle, una serie de instalaciones in-situ que comenzó en el Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009-10.  Collazo-Llorens obtuvo un MFA de New York University y un BFA del Massachusetts College of Art and Design.  Recibió una beca de la Fundación Pollock-Krasner en el 2012 y una beca de investigación del Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership en el 2014.  Su obra ha sido reseñada en The New York Times, Art Net, Art US, Art Nexus, Art News, Arte al Día International, BOMBlog, y Newcity, entre otros.  Su obra es representada por LMAKgallery, New York.